An Etruscan bronze wine pourer, the long thin handle with hook terminal in the form of a stylized swans head, with depression for thumb, supporting an ovoid bowl with two arms under the everted rim -- 16in. (40.7cm.) long, 5th Century B.C.
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An Etruscan bronze wine pourer, the long thin handle with hook terminal in the form of a stylized swans head, with depression for thumb, supporting an ovoid bowl with two arms under the everted rim -- 16in. (40.7cm.) long, 5th Century B.C.
Lot Essay
Cf. Antidenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Etruskische Kunst, Basel, 1988, p.77, for similar example
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